The bidding conference room was very large, the large table was removed and moved away, leaving behind small tables and chairs.

On each small table, there is a stack of kraft paper bags to seal the written bids.

Bidding representatives from each shipyard were sitting at the small desk, like students waiting for the exam, filling out their bids, stuffing them into kraft paper bags, and waiting for the results.

The shipowner representatives sat on the other end of the conference room, a bit like invigilators.

Of course, image is about image, and bidding representatives can still talk and ask at will, and there is no problem with whispering.

This situation suddenly made Su Cheng recall the exam room where he made up for the exam.

He looked around and saw Rong Shangguo sitting on the chair on the right, drowsy.

"Mr. Rong." Su Cheng sat in front of Rong Shangguo, leaned his body and moved his lips slightly, "I may have to increase the order quantity."

"Oh? How much is it?"

"The target is 10 ships, it depends on the situation."

Rong Shangguo raised his head, the sleepiness in his eyes disappeared, and he said in a low voice: "Each person bids and takes responsibility. Cooperative production is our determined principle. If Director Su can do 10 ships, I have no objection."

Su Cheng nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I will decide for myself."

"Of course," Rong Shangguo said, pausing for a moment, and asked again: "Why should Mr. Su increase the order quantity?"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "The Korean shipbuilding group is very heartful. I think it's better to stimulate them."

Rong Shangguo asked strangely: "Which shipping group?"

"Hyundai Heavy Industry."

"You are not..." Rong Shangguo woke up in an instant and said, "Han Heavy Industry's attitude has changed?"

"Hyundai Heavy Industry is a family business, and now it seems that there are many factions." Su Cheng stopped and smiled: "If Dahua swallowed his anger, he would not know what would happen. The orders for 10 ships are just right."

Rong Shangguo was familiar with the factional struggles within the company and could not be familiar with them anymore. He shook his hand helplessly and said, "It seems that there are such troubles everywhere. Orders for 10 ships are not easy to get."

"We will shorten the time a little longer." Su Cheng said this. After all, it was during the bidding process, and it was not good for anyone to listen to the trump card.

Rong Shangguo was stunned for a moment, and could only nod, muttering to himself: 9 and a half months will be shortened? Does Dahua think he is building a canoe?

Sucheng naturally also has pressure. Build a smart cargo ship in 9 months, even if it is produced by a factory, it is under great pressure. It is said that more workers from offshore drilling platforms must be seconded.

Compared with Dahua Shipping, Dahua's offshore oil equipment department has a much higher level. It is completely world-class and has a production workshop with huge production capacity. If it weren't for the large workload of itself, Sucheng would have dared to bid for 9 months with them alone.

Although the number of seconded people will be minimized, Dahua's offshore oil equipment department did give Su Cheng a lot of confidence.

As a last resort, when it is impossible to complete, with these thousands of skilled workers taking care of it, the damage to Dahua Shipping Industry will not be too great.

After considering the risks and thinking about the stop loss measures, it is very easy for Sucheng to fill out the bid.

The first person to accept the bid is the host, Singapore Shipping Group.

Their bid contains five ships, a 70,000-ton tanker, three nimble ships of 20,000 to 50,000 tons, and a small passenger ship.

Sucheng first made forks on the oil tanker and passenger ship, and Dahua only produced freighters for the time being. Whether it was the segmented sections used in the segmented shipbuilding method or the segmented sections used in the giant total sectioned shipbuilding method, they were all like building blocks for splicing ships. There were certain specifications, and different ships and shipowners' requirements were fine-tuned relative to the determined building blocks. Bulk cargo ships are the most well-prepared models in Dahua at present. Especially the smart freighters, they are the main targets of the segmented workshops and the total section workshops. At this time, they have completed segmented sections waiting to be used.

For three smart ships, Sucheng wrote 300 days behind the 48,000-ton ship. This ship has relatively high requirements, including combustible heavy oil and other requirements. Although it can be achieved through procurement, the technical requirements are high, so time is naturally used. Even if there is no competition, Sucheng will not feel a pity.

The other two smart cargo ships are exactly the same two 28,000-ton ships.

Su Cheng wrote for 260 days without hesitation, which is shorter than 9 months.

Such agile cargo ship is what Dahua Shipping Industry is currently best at. Large-scale production can maximize the reduction of pressure on Chengdu.

After filling in the required content in the bid, Su Cheng re-checked it, signed his name, put it in a kraft paper bag and sealed it.

Someone comes to collect it, and hang a seal and send it to the back for inspection.

There will be lawyers from Singapore Shipping Group to verify the contract and contract amendments. If the requirements meet, they will be sorted according to time and price, and then the winner will be found.

There were dozens of ship manufacturers present, in the back room, lawyers and executives of Singapore Shipping Group. It took about 20 minutes to complete the entire work and write the winner in the report.

Su Cheng, who was waiting, soon heard his name.

Two 28,000-ton smart cargo ships won the bid.

Su Cheng smiled as expected. Others' bidding prices may be lower, but in terms of time, 260 days is indeed the limit.

When the host on the stage read out the name of Dahua Industrial, he saw that the names of the ships and ship manufacturing companies that had successfully bid, as well as their bidding conditions, were written on the whiteboard in front of him.

The bidding conditions on the 260th obviously hurt some people's eyes.

The bidding time for the 48,000-ton cargo ship next to it is 280 days, which is not much easier.

To be honest, what was really surprised was Rong Shangguo. He also wanted to bid for the 48,000-ton cargo ship. However, he did not expect that time was so tight.

"Next, it's the target of Madan Shipping Company in Malaysia." The host on the stage did not give everyone time to discuss, and then distributed another stack of bid documents.

This bidding is in the form of a secret bid, but the bidding is carried out one by one by one in the ship owner. The sign of successful bidding is not a low price, but a recognition from the ship owner.

Therefore, if the shipowner cares about time, he will use time as a benchmark, and if the price is about price as a benchmark. If both are concerned, he will analyze it himself. Everything is based on the shipowner's judgment.

This method occasionally has tricks, mainly depending on the management status of the company where the ship owner is located.

If you are not at ease with the ship owner's company or the country, the ship manufacturing company can completely avoid bidding. Of course, they can also actively do the work of these ship owner representatives.

On-site and off-site kung fu, both counting on such occasions, just how much you have paid. For ships with a price of over 100 million, some companies disdain to deal with companies with bad reputations, while some companies like to deal with companies with bad reputations.

In addition, national and local laws are often also issues that multinational corporations consider.

Dahua is not so troublesome. Sucheng, like all Chinese business owners, adopts a take-around attitude, just regardless of whether things can be made or whether they are profitable, so they don’t care about political issues.

This is thanks to the domestic business environment and gives companies the freedom to participate in international bidding.

As a developing country, it is already difficult for relatively backward companies to bid. If you choose more, you will just wait for the rhythm of backwardness and beating, so how can you talk about development?

Sucheng chose two more ships of about 30,000 tons on the Madan Shipping Company's target. When writing the time, he hesitated for a little while. One 28,000 tons still chose 260 days, and the other 32,000 tons chose 280 days. At the same time, he lowered the price of 32,000 tons a little.

A quarter of an hour later, it was out of the cage.

Dahua Shipping Industry won a bid for a ship, but the 32,000-ton ship was handed over to Hyundai Heavy Industry, with the same price of 260 days and lower.

Pei Zhongyong, who was sitting in the front row, took a proud look back.

Su Cheng smiled. Before mastering the giant total section shipbuilding method, 9 months was the limit of shipyards, and Korean shipyards were no exception. They may be able to increase speed through extra-long overtime, excellent design, and advanced equipment, but as long as there are any defects, the time will be extended. As a process and engineering operation, ship manufacturing is actually limitless.

Shipyards in the 1950s, shipyards in the 1970s and shipyards in the 1990s have essential differences in the time and cost of shipbuilding.

Dahua is only preparing to accept 10 orders. With the same 9-month limit, the pressure it is under is absolutely different from Hyundai Heavy Industry.

Hyundai Heavy Industry wants to win more than 20 orders.

In this case, it means they have to build 20 ships at the same time. Even if Hyundai Heavy Industry has several shipyards, it is very difficult.

Previous orders would become a burden at this time.

Generally speaking, the price of forward orders will be relatively low, which is used to ensure the minimum profit of the shipyard, just like the basic salary of the shipyard. The recent orders are higher and the profits are also high, which is the main means of profit for the shipyard.

In the past few years, Hyundai Heavy Industry has taken over a large number of forward orders. It is said that it is a forward, and it will always be completed within a few years.

If they compress the time of recent orders in large quantities, it means drawing more workers and equipment and occupying more docks and boards. Forward orders will inevitably be affected.

Su Cheng touched his chin and was not affected to make a stable bid.

When he encountered a 20,000 or 30,000-ton ship of the same model, he bid for it in about 260 days. Pei Zhongyong only snatched one and did not do such a thing.

Their design gives them an advantage when manufacturing ships of about 40,000 tons. The profit of ships of 20,000 tons is too low.

Both sides went back and forth, and it took half a day to pass.

18 of the 32 ships have been bid for.

Dahua got 5 ships inside, Hyundai Heavy Industry got 7 ships, and the remaining 5 were raced by other shipyards.

Rong Shangguo got nothing.

With the overall reduction in time, his preparations were obviously insufficient.

Seeing that the next round of bidding was about to begin, Rong Shangguo straightened his waist and wanted to say something to Su Cheng.

The bp machine on Su Cheng's waist suddenly vibrated.

He immediately picked it up and saw a line of traditional Chinese characters written on it: August is the limit. Dahua itself limits to 6 ships.

"Dahua itself is limited to 6 ships." Su Cheng read this sentence again, stood up "wow" and said, "I want to make a call."

"Rest for 10 minutes." The host knocked on the little hammer.
Chapter completed!